ASL 1 (Year Long 2023- 2024)
About Course
This course will introduce the student to basic knowledge about American Sign Language.
The course includes sign vocabulary, fingerspelling, numbers and expressive and receptive signing activities. American Sign Language is a foreign language credit and therefore the course will also cover the history of ASL and becoming knowledgeable of aspects of Deaf Culture which an integral part of meaningful language use. Beginning level communication competence and mimic natural conversation in ASL.
ASL 1 is a year long course. We will cover Units 1-6 and 7-12 in the spring.
Students will be producing videos of themselves for homework. In this class we will also have deaf visitors from time to time so that students can begin to practice communication with deaf adults.
-cost is $750 for the year